25th Illinois Infantry Regiment

25th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
25th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	August 4, 1861, to September 5, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge; Siege of Corinth; Battle of Stones River; Battle of Chickamauga; Battle of Missionary Ridge; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Siege of Atlanta;

The 25th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 25th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was organized at Saint Louis, Missouri and mustered into Federal service for 3 years on August 4, 1861, following President Abraham Lincoln's May 1861 call for volunteers to serve for 3 years in regiments organized by state governments. It was assigned to: the Army of Southwest Missouri, August 1861 to June 1862; Army of the Mississippi, June 1862 to September 1862; Army of the Ohio, September 1862 to November 1862; and Army of the Cumberland, November 1862 to August 1864.

The 25th Illinois was within sight of Atlanta, Georgia, on September 1, 1864, when it was ordered to Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. There, the 25th Illinois was mustered out of service on September 5, 1864, having completed its term of enlistment.

Total strength and casualties[]

The 25th Illinois lost 3 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 148 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 232 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders[]

Colonel William N. Coler - resigned on August 31, 1862.
Colonel Thomas D. Williams - killed in action on December 31, 1862, in the Battle of Stones River.
Colonel Caswell P. Ford - resigned on April 14, 1863.
Colonel Richard H. Nodine - mustered out with the regiment on September 5, 1864.^[3]

Notes[]

^ Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 2 (Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1900), pp. 352-53.
^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#25th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. - retrieved June 25, 2007.
^ Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 2 (Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1900), p. 328.

References[]

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[1] Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 2 (Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1900), pp. 352-53.

[2] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#25th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. - retrieved June 25, 2007.

[3] Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 2 (Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1900), p. 328.

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